Notes:
Durban - a short history
In 1822 Lieutenant James King, captain of the ship Salisbury, together with Lt. Francis George Farewell, both ex-Royal Navy officers from the Napoleonic Wars, were engaged in trade between the Cape and Delagoa Bay. On a return trip to the Cape in 1823 they were caught in a very bad storm and decided to risk the Bar and anchor in the Bay of Natal. The crossing went off well and they found safe anchor from the storm. Lt. King decided to map the Bay and named the "Salisbury and Farewell Islands". In 1824 Lt. Farewell together with a trading company called J.R.Thompson & Co. decided to open trade relations with Shaka the Zulu King and establish a trading station at the Bay. Henry Francis Fynn, another trader at Delagoa Bay was also involved in this venture. Fynn left Delagoa Bay and sailed for The Bay of Natal on the brig Julia while Farewell followed six weeks later on the Antelope. Between them they had 26 possible settlers, but only 18 stayed. On a visit to King Shaka, Henry Francis Fynn was able to befriend the King by helping him recover from a stab wound suffered as a result of an assassination attempt by one of his half-brothers. As a token of Shaka’s gratitude, he granted Fynn a “25-mile strip of coast a hundred miles in depth.” On 7 August 1824 they concluded negotiations with King Shaka for a cession of land, including the Bay of Natal and land extending ten miles south of the Bay, twenty-five miles north of the Bay and one hundred miles inland. Farewell took possession of this grant and raised the Union Jack with a Royal Salute, which consisted of 4 cannon shots and twenty musket shots. Of the original 18 would be settlers, only 6 remained, and they can be regarded as the founding members of Port Natal as a British colony. These 6 were joined by Lt. James Saunders King and Nathaniel Isaacs in 1825.
The modern city of Durban thus dates from 1824 when the settlement was established on the northern shores of the bay near today's Farewell Square.
During a meeting of 35 European residents in Fynn's territory on 23 June 1835, it was decided to build a capital town and name it "d'Urban" after Sir Benjamin d'Urban, then governor of the Cape Colony.
Latitude: -29.8586227, Longitude: 31.0259636Matches 601 to 650 of 1168
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
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| 601 |  Leppan, Warren Kirby | I32510 | ||
| 602 | Leslie, Duncan Craig | I126769 | ||
| 603 | Lester, Douglas Henry | I134200 | ||
| 604 | Lester, Jennifer Shawn | 3 Jan 1951 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I105628 |
| 605 | Lester, Joseph George | Abt Aug 1902 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126840 |
| 606 | Lester, Lily May | 6 Dec 1896 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I132194 |
| 607 | Lester, Phyllis Eileen | I134201 | ||
| 608 | Lester, Ronald Clarence | I134202 | ||
| 609 | Lester, Vincent | I134205 | ||
| 610 | Lester, William James | I134204 | ||
| 611 | Licence, Cynthia Veronica | I126659 | ||
| 612 | Licence, Daphne Doreen | I126657 | ||
| 613 | Licence, Douglas Sydney | I126658 | ||
| 614 | Licence, Eileen Yvonne | I126656 | ||
| 615 | Licence, Miriam Rose | I126655 | ||
| 616 | Licence, Stanley Douglas | I126411 | ||
| 617 | Lievaart, Norman John | I27384 | ||
| 618 | Little, Leanne Penelope Martine | I103894 | ||
| 619 | Little, Sharlene Joy Metcalf | I103895 | ||
| 620 | Livingstone, Gillian Joy | I54048 | ||
| 621 | Lloyd, Evelyn Ruth | I112189 | ||
| 622 | Lloyd, Felicity Anne | I156068 | ||
| 623 | Lloyd, Gwynyth Wendy | I156070 | ||
| 624 | Lloyd, Michael Andrew | I156069 | ||
| 625 | Lockhart, Margaret | 10 Aug 1947 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74489 |
| 626 | Longlands, Florence Amy Constance | 23 Oct 1903 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I54730 |
| 627 | Longlands, George Montague Penderel | 8 Feb 1900 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I147215 |
| 628 | Longmore, Simon | I85705 | ||
| 629 | Loose, Caroline | Cal 1882 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I157670 |
| 630 | Loose, Edith Elizabeth | Cal 1881 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I157675 |
| 631 | Loveday, Richard Kelsey | I29277 | ||
| 632 | Lovemore, Marjorie Mary Baillie | 12 Apr 1892 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I15405 |
| 633 | Lovemore, Peter Baillie | I31869 | ||
| 634 | Lyle, Robert Buchanan | I5270 | ||
| 635 | MacDonald, Dougal | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I100817 | |
| 636 | MacDonald, Louiegail | I87455 | ||
| 637 | MacLeod, Brandon Tavis | I55553 | ||
| 638 | MacNeillie, Debbie Joan | I32298 | ||
| 639 | MacNeillie, Megan June | I32299 | ||
| 640 | Mack, Holly Mae | I46000 | ||
| 641 | Mack, Travis | I45999 | ||
| 642 | Mackay, Violet Frances | 19 May 1901 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I117030 |
| 643 | Madison, John | 16 Jul 1932 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I126433 |
| 644 | Maier, Jamie Callan | I81153 | ||
| 645 | Maingard, Catherine Louise | I80479 | ||
| 646 | Mallet, Alexandra Thelma | 4 Nov 1898 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I19549 |
| 647 | Mallet, Algernon Crause Bathurst | 5 Nov 1896 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I19548 |
| 648 | Malone, Dudley Arthur Joseph | 4 Jul 1938 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78816 |
| 649 | Mannheim, Leslie Darwent | I173229 | ||
| 650 | Marais, Hylton Jon | I57529 | ||
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
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| 601 | Royston, Marion | 3 Apr 1945 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58941 |
| 602 | Rubidge, Dorothy Annie | 6 Jul 1940 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I5803 |
| 603 | Rudd, Johannes Stephanus | Abt 1990 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I90230 |
| 604 | Rudd, Winifred Dorothy | 30 May 1995 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I78390 |
| 605 | Russel, Joan Rosamund Ayers | 1959 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I74110 |
| 606 | Röffer, Elfrieda Anna | 11 Nov 1982 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I32452 |
| 607 | Saunders, Denham William | 2 Jul 2008 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I112825 |
| 608 | Scott, Elizabeth Maria Henrietta | 25 Aug 1965 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I174650 |
| 609 | Scott, Emilie | 30 May 1949 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I28610 |
| 610 | Scrooby, Algeny Howsen | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145210 | |
| 611 | Scrooby, Dorothy Sybil | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145212 | |
| 612 | Scrooby, Edmund Algernon | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145208 | |
| 613 | Scrooby, Ivy Ethel | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145209 | |
| 614 | Scrooby, Noel Darcy | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145215 | |
| 615 | Scrooby, Norman Lovell | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I145214 | |
| 616 | Seago, Doreen | 8 Jul 1980 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I108728 |
| 617 | Seaton, Dulcie | 29 Oct 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I107788 |
| 618 | Seaton, Frank William | 27 Mar 1981 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I107790 |
| 619 | Selby, Mervyn Clitheroe | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I51980 | |
| 620 | Sephton, William Thomas Hezakia | 1950 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I61693 |
| 621 | Sharp, Annie Brown | 24 Apr 1952 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I121985 |
| 622 | Sheppard, Beryl | 3 Nov 2002 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I120114 |
| 623 | Sheppard, Harry Kenneth | 29 Apr 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I113589 |
| 624 | Shepstone, Henrique Charles | 17 Oct 1917 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58625 |
| 625 | Shepstone, Lulie Alice | 15 Jul 1922 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58848 |
| 626 | Shepstone, Poppy Gloria | 8 Oct 2007 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58890 |
| 627 | Shepstone, Theophilus Havelock | 4 Sep 1960 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I58639 |
| 628 | Shiels, Arnold Renny | 6 Jul 1974 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I59760 |
| 629 | Shone, Oscar Archibald | 6 Nov 1963 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I13253 |
| 630 | Shuttleworth, Arthur Frederick | 22 Jun 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70065 |
| 631 | Shuttleworth, Arthur French (Maj) DFC | 20 Oct 1985 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I62766 |
| 632 | Shuttleworth, Claribel May | 11 Sep 1972 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I62760 |
| 633 | Shuttleworth, Richard Henry | 10 Dec 1974 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I62764 |
| 634 | Shuttleworth, William Colling | 3 Sep 1956 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I62763 |
| 635 | Siddle, Charles | 14 Jun 1931 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70684 |
| 636 | Siddle, Edna Melita | 1937 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I70800 |
| 637 | Simpson, Eric Percy | 5 May 1995 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I51030 |
| 638 | Simpson, Granville Kenneth | 29 Jun 1991 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I7401 |
| 639 | Sissison, John Campbell Faulding | 29 Jul 2008 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I152851 |
| 640 | Sissons, Richard | 3 Dec 1946 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I17363 |
| 641 | Smedley, Basil Biggs | 22 Mar 1942 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I5844 |
| 642 | Smith, Alfred Kenneth | 1975 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67838 |
| 643 | Smith, Harold George | 27 Dec 1998 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I41525 |
| 644 | Smith, Harriet Mary-Ann Louisa | 16 Nov 1999 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I177981 |
| 645 | Smith, Johanna Susan Jacoba (Annie Susan) | 2 Jun 1963 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I34880 |
| 646 | Smith, Margery Ann | 21 Dec 1969 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I23502 |
| 647 | Smith, Sheilagh | 1988 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I67836 |
| 648 | Snape, William Watson 'Ginger' | 1995 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I46457 |
| 649 | Solomon, Laurie Miriam | 31 Jul 1912 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I56866 |
| 650 | Southey, Arthur Derrick | 6 Sep 1991 | Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa | I5486 |
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